Example sentences of "[verb] only [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catching sight of the transistor radio , he clicked it on and fiddled with the tuning , encountering only heavy bands of static interspersed with the twittering gibberish of machines . |
| 2 | The female cuckoo can mimic only one type of egg and must try to lay in a nest of this species if her offspring is to have a good chance of survival . |
| 3 | In a pipe organ of quality each pipe is a carefully-designed and individually-voiced musical instrument which produces only one frequency of sound . |
| 4 | Like the multiculturalist project of reducing prejudice by teaching about other cultures , the antiracist project of providing superior explanations for unemployment , housing shortages , and so forth , has so far , and for similar reasons , produced only patchy evidence of success . |
| 5 | This year , government-held countryside produced only 150,000 tonnes of wheat , or 10 per cent of Afghanistan 's total consumption , due to a bad harvest and the war . |
| 6 | He not only has room in his science for God ; he tries to create God using only some laws of physics , some simplifying assumptions , some outrageous extrapolations , and truly cosmic gall . |
| 7 | For the second half Colchester did reshuffle … the sub keeper came on … stil only ten men of course … and within minutes it was Chris Pike 3 Colchester 0 as the striker got his hat-trick … |
| 8 | But the success of review in some areas can lead to a keener awareness of its absence in others ; and however sophisticated the review process , it can affect only those dimensions of course management to which it is applied . |
| 9 | If such measures lead to replacement of all today 's inefficient equipment as it wears out by the most efficient equipment now on the market , Sweden will need only 111 TWh of electricity in 2010 , rather than 140 TWh . |
| 10 | Over much of the country , therefore , the local researcher should expect to find only slight traces of settlement remains , not as extensive or as impressive as those usually published . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , Sir Alec has only five words of dialogue in the entire 90-minute film , though he appears in almost every scene . |
| 12 | By definition the PROFITBOSS has only one area of expertise . |
| 13 | Thus a diatomic molecule ( N = 2 ) , which must of course be linear , has only one mode of vibration , the bond-stretching motion . |
| 14 | The individual has only one span of time , one life , but the mother can give birth to multiple lives . |
| 15 | This publication has only 30 pages of text , including 12 pages of appendices . |
| 16 | BRITAIN 'S driest spot is Lee Wick Farm , Clacton which has only 2½ inches of rainfall each year . |
| 17 | Among these lines one , the geodesic , has only this component of curvature . |
| 18 | It is always much more difficult to produce a lovely picture that contains only one type of flower , such as a bunch of freesias , as you can only use one flower shape , although you will be able to press the flowers in various ways — for example , side views , full views , with buds and without . |
| 19 | They chose to work on diamond because it contains only one species of atom , and because highly perfect crystals were easily available . |
| 20 | The pictures of precision attacks provide only anecdotal evidence of effectiveness . |
| 21 | However , that leaves the galleries open to pressure , when they come to the Minister and make points such as that which I made at the beginning of my speech — saying , for instance , that last year the Tate gallery could buy only one work of art . |
| 22 | Many of us still incorrectly believe that a well-balanced diet should include only small amounts of bread because it is fattening . |
| 23 | As the temperature drops towards T 2 the number of available configurational states in the system decreases until at the temperature T 2 the system possesses only one degree of freedom . |
| 24 | In terms of social contact , not only did clients in institutional settings receive only small amounts of contact from staff , the majority of people were never ever observed receiving contact from other clients . |
| 25 | A third model , that favoured in The Health of the Nation Key Area Handbook : Mental Illness ( DoH , 1993 ) could be represented by Figure 2 , where some people receive both care programmes and care management , but others receive only one type of service . |
| 26 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 27 | Pure notation uses only one kind of symbol ; for example , letters or numbers . |
| 28 | The most economical wash uses only 16 ltr of water and 0.45 kWh of energy . |
| 29 | The machine takes 12 place settings and uses only 20 ltr of water and 1.6 kWh of energy for a normal 65°C including two quick-wash , two economy wash and an extra-intensive wash at 70°C . |
| 30 | This machine uses only 12 ltr of water , 10 g each of salt and detergent and 0.8 kWh of electricity for a normal 65°C wash . |